Patents by Inventor Alexandre Anton

Alexandre Anton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method of control of balance shafts in an engine
    Patent number: 8783222
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine including: an even number of inline cylinders, each accommodating a piston; a crankshaft rotatably mounted about an axis; first and second balance shafts rotatably mounted about balancing axes parallel to and separate from the engine axis; and first and second mechanisms for rotating the first and second balance shafts at rotating speeds that are dependent on a rotating speed of the crankshaft. The balancing axes of the first and second balance shafts coincide, and the second rotating mechanism adjusts a phase difference between angular positions of the first and second balance shafts around the balancing axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Renault s.a.s.
    Inventors: Alexandre Anton, Jean-Yves Der-Matheossian
  • INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PROVIDED WITH BALANCE SHAFTS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH AN ENGINE
    Publication number: 20130312683
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine including: an even number of inline cylinders, each accommodating a piston; a crankshaft rotatably mounted about an axis; first and second balance shafts rotatably mounted about balancing axes parallel to and separate from the engine axis; and first and second mechanisms for rotating the first and second balance shafts at rotating speeds that are dependent on a rotating speed of the crankshaft. The balancing axes of the first and second balance shafts coincide, and the second rotating mechanism adjusts a phase difference between angular positions of the first and second balance shafts around the balancing axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Alexandre Anton, Jean-Yves Der-Matheossian